Dom 1 newbie question re afflictions

[Vger]

Hi,

I'm busily playing the D1 demo trying to spool up so I'll have half an idea of what to do when I get D2.

In my current game I'm playing Ermor and took the Prince of Death. I was using him to search for sites and for reasons I won't go into ran him into one province to take it back. Now, I see he has 2 afflictions (mute and chest wound) and has lost 1 from several (maybe all, don't remember) of his magic schools. Can I do anything about his afflictions?

From what I've seen via searching sissypigs the answer is: I'm playing the wrong freaking nation and/or should have used an immortal instead and NEVER have sent this mook into battle.

Second question: If I restart, is there any item I can craft in the demo while playing Ermor that will protect my pretender from afflictions/curses? I sure hope there are ways to rid pretenders and, heck other leaders of these two things in D2. This seems way overboard. Any time I send a pretender in combat I seem to pick up at least one affliction. (I've started about 20 games and played until I figured out a few more things, then restarted with what I'd learned.)

Thanks for any and all help.

Hitting my head hurts,
V'ger gone